Enrique Ernesto Pugibet deathbed confession

[Leslie Sharp]

Stunning deathbed confession as French man claims to have assassinated JFK — Express.co.uk, by Maia Snow, Maria Ortego
 

November 13, 2023:   '. . . In a staggering deathbed confession, a 60 year mystery has apparently been solved as a French man admitted that he was the 'second gunman' involved in the assassination of President John F Kennedy on November 22, 1963. . . . [Enrique (Henri) Ernesto] Pugibet was the grandson of a Frenchman who made his fortune in Mexico and was the son of a tobacco magnate. He was a self-styled businessman with six children from two marriages. He collaborated with the Nazis during the Occupation in France and then became a spy, a CIA agent recruited by Allan Dulles, the agency's director.

His actions have been the subject of a considerable number of reports and investigations in the intelligence community, both American and French.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1834399/deathbed-confession-jfk-assassination

 

Enrique Ernesto Pugibet: A Timely Visit to Dallas

by Alan Kent

excerpt (as published in Coup in Dallas . . . ) 

 

“A FBI informer,” Allen Wright, alleged that an Ernesto Puijet [sic] “checked into the Stoneleigh Hotel in Dallas on November 19, 1963.” “Puijet” was, according to Wright, a French gunman for hire who was posing as a cattle rancher. Wright asserted that “Pujiet” was in Dallas on November 22, 1963. There does not appear to be an “Ernesto” or “Ernest” Pujiet involved in anything like what we will see that this person of interest is involved with. But “Ernesto Pugibet” fits the description given by Wright very well. (As an aside, I have worked through some of Fensterwald’s notes. He was not a secretarial-quality transcriber)

         Pugibet was—like Allen Wright—a person of interest to FBI and CIA. From a documentary study focusing on him, utilizing multiple trusted FBI informants as well as statements from Pugibet himself, we find that he had been a member of the French resistance during the Second World War—as an “anti-communist” he would emphatically declare to investigators, had been a naturalized citizen of Mexico from 1947 on, and had worked for the Mexican Ministry of Agriculture and also the notorious Mexican Federal Security, on the “Communist squad.” While going through the United States—he would say on a mission for the Ministry of Agriculture—in 1959, he was deported from the US after being convicted of a crime “involving moral turpitude.” . . .

We know from a coalescence of evidence that Pierre Lafitte was ensconced in the Stoneleigh Hotel on November 19–20, 1963, conducting meetings and making calls in furtherance of the final stages of the plot that felled President Kennedy. We know that Ilse Skorzeny was there as well, among others who were close to the ongoing plot. I contend that if a man with the lengthy resume of Enrique Ernesto Pugibet; a highly connected criminal who had been directly involved in a political assassination, checked into the Stoneleigh on November 19 and remained through November 22, as alleged by a man who was extremely well-connected himself, and this sequence of events turned out to be coincidental, that the bounds of coincidence would have been stretched almost to the breaking point. 

When Allen Wright gave this information to Bernard Fensterwald—years after he had attempted to give it to Jim Garrison—there was no hint of the use of the Stoneleigh as an assassination planning venue in any record that could be accessed. Wright clearly knew something of importance, and Pugibet clearly was involved in some way in the assassination of President Kennedy. . . .
 

Without dot-connecting ourselves into oblivion, I think that it is reasonable to see a long stretch of military, intelligence, and organized crime figures whose names we recognize: Willoughby, Canon, McWillie, Trafficante, Ruby, et al. Pierre Lafitte moved comfortably in this world, associating with Lansky associates Amleto Battisti y Lora and Paul Mondolini in Cuba, and Santo Trafficante in Florida and Cuba. And Dallas’ Norman Rothman, associated closely with Ernesto Pugibet, was directly centered in this milieu. Pugibet was a foot soldier, and there is much that we don’t know about him, but we can reasonably assert that he played some role in the assassination of JFK, and that we can, at least in a general sense, speak to his derivation; the path to his arrival at the Stoneleigh Hotel at such a critical time in US and world history. His role may have been small, or it may have been larger than we know, but he was there. He played a part in the history we are attempting to gather and set out. 

Edited November 14, 2023 by Leslie Sharp

[Ron Bulman]

One might think friends of George Herbert Walker Bush or George De Mohrenschild might have stayed there in the past. Maybe LBJ or Dulles, Hoover, more?

Dallas Hotel Celebrates 100 Years of History (dallasexpress.com)

Edited November 15, 2023 by Ron Bulman

[Cory Santos]

So he “confided in his cousin” but is there any recording or signed document or proof?   

[Michael Griffith]

15 hours ago, Leslie Sharp said:

Stunning deathbed confession as French man claims to have assassinated JFK — Express.co.uk, by Maia Snow, Maria Ortego
 

November 13, 2023:   '. . . In a staggering deathbed confession, a 60 year mystery has apparently been solved as a French man admitted that he was the 'second gunman' involved in the assassination of President John F Kennedy on November 22, 1963. . . . [Enrique (Henri) Ernesto] Pugibet was the grandson of a Frenchman who made his fortune in Mexico and was the son of a tobacco magnate. He was a self-styled businessman with six children from two marriages. He collaborated with the Nazis during the Occupation in France and then became a spy, a CIA agent recruited by Allan Dulles, the agency's director.

His actions have been the subject of a considerable number of reports and investigations in the intelligence community, both American and French.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1834399/deathbed-confession-jfk-assassination

 

Enrique Ernesto Pugibet: A Timely Visit to Dallas

by Alan Kent

excerpt (as published in Coup in Dallas . . . ) 

 

“A FBI informer,” Allen Wright, alleged that an Ernesto Puijet [sic] “checked into the Stoneleigh Hotel in Dallas on November 19, 1963.” “Puijet” was, according to Wright, a French gunman for hire who was posing as a cattle rancher. Wright asserted that “Pujiet” was in Dallas on November 22, 1963. There does not appear to be an “Ernesto” or “Ernest” Pujiet involved in anything like what we will see that this person of interest is involved with. But “Ernesto Pugibet” fits the description given by Wright very well. (As an aside, I have worked through some of Fensterwald’s notes. He was not a secretarial-quality transcriber)

         Pugibet was—like Allen Wright—a person of interest to FBI and CIA. From a documentary study focusing on him, utilizing multiple trusted FBI informants as well as statements from Pugibet himself, we find that he had been a member of the French resistance during the Second World War—as an “anti-communist” he would emphatically declare to investigators, had been a naturalized citizen of Mexico from 1947 on, and had worked for the Mexican Ministry of Agriculture and also the notorious Mexican Federal Security, on the “Communist squad.” While going through the United States—he would say on a mission for the Ministry of Agriculture—in 1959, he was deported from the US after being convicted of a crime “involving moral turpitude.” . . .

We know from a coalescence of evidence that Pierre Lafitte was ensconced in the Stoneleigh Hotel on November 19–20, 1963, conducting meetings and making calls in furtherance of the final stages of the plot that felled President Kennedy. We know that Ilse Skorzeny was there as well, among others who were close to the ongoing plot. I contend that if a man with the lengthy resume of Enrique Ernesto Pugibet; a highly connected criminal who had been directly involved in a political assassination, checked into the Stoneleigh on November 19 and remained through November 22, as alleged by a man who was extremely well-connected himself, and this sequence of events turned out to be coincidental, that the bounds of coincidence would have been stretched almost to the breaking point. 

When Allen Wright gave this information to Bernard Fensterwald—years after he had attempted to give it to Jim Garrison—there was no hint of the use of the Stoneleigh as an assassination planning venue in any record that could be accessed. Wright clearly knew something of importance, and Pugibet clearly was involved in some way in the assassination of President Kennedy. . . .
 

Without dot-connecting ourselves into oblivion, I think that it is reasonable to see a long stretch of military, intelligence, and organized crime figures whose names we recognize: Willoughby, Canon, McWillie, Trafficante, Ruby, et al. Pierre Lafitte moved comfortably in this world, associating with Lansky associates Amleto Battisti y Lora and Paul Mondolini in Cuba, and Santo Trafficante in Florida and Cuba. And Dallas’ Norman Rothman, associated closely with Ernesto Pugibet, was directly centered in this milieu. Pugibet was a foot soldier, and there is much that we don’t know about him, but we can reasonably assert that he played some role in the assassination of JFK, and that we can, at least in a general sense, speak to his derivation; the path to his arrival at the Stoneleigh Hotel at such a critical time in US and world history. His role may have been small, or it may have been larger than we know, but he was there. He played a part in the history we are attempting to gather and set out. 

Leslie, I read the linked article. It doesn't say whether the confession was recorded in any way or if Pugibet wrote it down before he died. Do you by chance know if it was recorded or if Pugibet wrote it down? 

[Evan Marshall]

Anybody can confess to anything. I, however, have an alibi for November 22nd. I was in Provo, Utah, with a peanut butter sandwich not a Mauser.

[Charles Blackmon]

36 minutes ago, Evan Marshall said:

Anybody can confess to anything. I, however, have an alibi for November 22nd. I was in Provo, Utah, with a peanut butter sandwich not a Mauser.

Why would anybody falsely confess to the most famous unsolved murder in U.S. history? Why wait to do so right before death? 

[Leslie Sharp]

My major concern is the specificity of the claim (assuming I've read it correctly) that Pugibet was behind the fence. It's getting very crowded back there!

Looking back over emails with Hank, I'm reminded that Alan Kent's Pugibet research surfaced in March/April around the time we were locking in our understanding of Lafitte's November reference to "hotel" and Hank having confirmed with his source that the Stoneleigh was indeed their preference when in Dallas.

Hank then wrote in early April in response to Kent's early Pugibet draft, This underscores that some of this should be worked into footnote. A good one; an important one. Thanks. A lot.

I remember the issues then arose: if Lafitte didn't highlight Pugibet in the datebook but did highlight other primary characters (e.g., Canon, Askins, Souetre), should we infer Lafitte simply chose not to mention Pugibet in his November entries? Why? And, would that relegate him to a minor role? Would it be possible to determine at whose behest might Pugibet have been brought into Otto's strategy? Certainly his history makes sense of a significant degree of camaraderie, but where does he fit in the specifics of Dealey? Willoughby backup squad, 'kill' teams, Z. org., E. Johnson's team? And if, as claimed in this new revelation, Pugibet was a primary shooter ... who told him to get behind that fence?

For those reasons, following Hank's passing, we agreed that Alan's essay should be highlighted in the stand-alone essay.

Edited November 15, 2023 by Leslie Sharp

[Jonathan Cohen]

3 minutes ago, Leslie Sharp said:

And if, as claimed in this new revelation, Pugibet was a primary shooter ... who told him to get behind that fence?

Nobody, because he wasn't there.

[Leslie Sharp]

Just now, Jonathan Cohen said:

Nobody, because he wasn't there.

And you know that because ....?

[Jonathan Cohen]

Just now, Leslie Sharp said:

And you know that because ....?

Because there's zero hard evidence to support such a claim, including the unverified, unauthenticated "datebook."

[Leslie Sharp]

@Michael Griffith


https://www.armitiere.com/livre/22797569-le-deuxieme-tireur-nouvelles-revelations-sur--cedric-meletta-bouquins

(google translation)
The Second Shooter - New Revelations About the JFK Assassination By Cédric Meletta

On November 22, 1963, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was shot dead in Dealey Plaza in Dallas. The images of the assassination of the 35th President of the United States shake all of America and quickly travel around the world. Sixty years later, the mystery of this attack has still not been solved. After the recent declassification of thousands of secret defense documents by the American authorities, a new lead has surfaced. Botched interrogations, obstructed investigations, relationships in high places: an individual seems to have been strangely exonerated from the FBI's first conclusions. This book, the result of an unprecedented investigation into the heart of American archives, reveals the name of a new suspect, Henry Pugibet. This former leader of a Vichy youth movement, close to the Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo as well as the godfathers of the Florida mafia, was in close contact with most of the alleged sponsors of the assassination. Thanks to dozens of pseudonyms and false papers, he managed to evade in-depth FBI investigations for decades. Why was he never brought to justice? What was the nature of his links with the all-powerful CIA of Allen Dulles? And, above all, what was he doing in Dallas on the day of the crime? After several years of research, Cédric Meletta puts forward in this book an original thesis concerning the most mysterious assassination of the 20th century and sheds light on the incredible journey of "Frenchy", the second potential shooter in Dallas.

On November 22, 1963, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was shot dead in Dealey Plaza in Dallas. The images of the assassination of the 35th President of the United States shake all of America and quickly travel around the world. Sixty years later, the mystery of this attack has still not been solved. After the recent declassification of thousands of secret defense documents by the American authorities, a new lead has surfaced. Botched interrogations, obstructed investigations, relationships in high places: an individual seems to have been strangely exonerated from the FBI's first conclusions. This book, the result of an unprecedented investigation into the heart of American archives, reveals the name of a new suspect, Henry Pugibet. This former leader of a Vichy youth movement, close to the Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo as well as the godfathers of the Florida mafia, was in close contact with most of the alleged sponsors of the assassination. Thanks to dozens of pseudonyms and false papers, he managed to evade in-depth FBI investigations for decades. Why was he never brought to justice? What was the nature of his links with the all-powerful CIA of Allen Dulles? And, above all, what was he doing in Dallas on the day of the crime? After several years of research, Cédric Meletta puts forward in this book an original thesis concerning the most mysterious assassination of the 20th century and sheds light on the incredible journey of "Frenchy", the second potential shooter in Dallas.

Edited November 15, 2023 by Leslie Sharp

[Jonathan Cohen]

1 minute ago, Leslie Sharp said:

https://www.armitiere.com/livre/22797569-le-deuxieme-tireur-nouvelles-revelations-sur--cedric-meletta-bouquins

Not evidence. Also, Lee Farley surfaced all of this a decade ago - no LaFitte necessary!

[Leslie Sharp]

4 minutes ago, Jonathan Cohen said:

Not evidence. Also, Lee Farley surfaced all of this a decade ago - no LaFitte necessary!

I'm curious: in the past, have you endorsed E. Howard Hunt's deathbed confession?  Carlos Marcello's claims? Do you think Mac Wallace's prints are on the alleged weapon? Was he there under orders from Lyndon Johnson? Do you place unbridled faith in Fletcher Prouty's assertions?  Are you certain Ed Lansdale was in Dealey?  Or . . . Are you in lock step with the Warren Commission that Oswald as the lone gunman?  Perhaps you could provide a brief synopsis of what you think happened in Dealey for those of us unfamiliar with your theories? Otherwise, you're invited to sit back, quietly, as the question of Pugibet is pursued in an adult fashion.

[Leslie Sharp]

14 minutes ago, Jonathan Cohen said:

Not evidence. Also, Lee Farley surfaced all of this a decade ago - no LaFitte necessary!

Farley had Pugibet's confession?  I didn't realize that.

Did he also argue that it was Enrique and Lee who were solely responsible for the assassination of Kennedy in Dallas? Very interesting, Jonathan.

 

Edited November 15, 2023 by Leslie Sharp

[Jonathan Cohen]

1 minute ago, Leslie Sharp said:

I'm curious: in the past, have you endorsed E. Howard Hunt's deathbed confession?  Carlos Marcello's claims? Do you think Mac Wallace's prints are on the alleged weapon? Was he there under orders from Lyndon Johnson? Do you place unbridled faith in Fletcher Prouty's assertions?  Are you certain Ed Lansdale was in Dealey?  Or . . . Are you in lock step with the Warren Commission that Oswald as the lone gunman?  Perhaps you could provide a brief synopsis of what you think happened in Dealey for those of us unfamiliar with your theories? Otherwise, you're invited to sit back, quietly, as the question of Pugibet is pursued in an adult fashion.

I'm not obligated to tell you zilch about those or any other topics, and I will continue to dismiss your entire line of research until the LaFitte "datebook" is properly authenticated and verified for ALL assassination researchers to examine.